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Business Analysis Fundamentals
Welcome to the Course!
Course Introduction (1:27)
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Top 7 Reasons You Should Become a Business Analyst
Meet your instructor & Important links
Course Downloads
The Basics
Introduction to Business Analysis, the BA Role, and the Value BAs Provide (7:56)
Broad Responsibilities of a Business Analyst (2:19)
Common Types of Business Analyst Roles (7:28)
Top Business Analyst Skills
Validate Understanding of the Basics
Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC)
Business Analyst Glossary of Terms + Download (2:50)
Software Development Lifecycle Overview (7:16)
Waterfall (19:34)
Incremental (11:55)
Spiral (13:52)
Scrum [Agile] PART 1 (13:12)
Scrum [Agile] PART 2 (14:23)
Updates to Scrum Standards
Rapid Application Development (RAD) [Agile] (11:17)
Prototyping (8:42)
Software Development Life Cycles Knowledge Check
Activity: Software Development Life Cycles Brainstorm
Initiating a Project
Activity: Begin to think logically
Activity: Begin to think logically - Solution and Explanation
Understanding the Business Objective (6:39)
Creating a Business Case [PART 1] (5:07)
Creating a Business Case [PART 2] (19:12)
What is a Stakeholder and How to Identify Them (11:38)
Assigning Responsibilities to Stakeholders using a RACI Matrix (7:18)
Initiating a Project Quiz
Activity: Create a Business Case
Requirement Basics
Overview of Requirements (16:25)
SMART Requirements (18:20)
SMART Requirements Clarification (2:35)
Tips for Producing Valid Requirements (8:46)
Phases of the Requirements Process (2:05)
Business Rules (15:33)
Requirement Basics Quiz
Requirement Elicitation
Requirement Elicitation Basics (3:50)
Introduction to Requirement Elicitation (0:37)
Elicitation Technique: Brainstorming (16:31)
Elicitation Technique: Requirement Workshops (17:32)
Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 1 OF 3) (17:39)
Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 2 OF 3) (16:21)
Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 3 OF 3) (14:16)
Elicitation Technique: Surveys (19:52)
New Elicitation Technique: Documentation Review (8:10)
Elicitation Technique: Analyzing Interfaces (4:48)
Activity: Utilize the elicitation skills you've learned
Requirement Analysis
Introduction to Requirement Analysis (1:28)
Visual Modeling Concepts (8:37)
Business Models (11:15)
Technical Models (13:14)
BPMN vs UML (7:41)
Engaging Your Technical Team (2:04)
Visual Modeling Next Steps
Requirement Specification
Introduction to Requirement Specification (2:27)
Categorizing Requirements (5:06)
Deriving Requirements (7:56)
Deriving Requirements - In Other Words
Assigning Requirement Attributes (9:51)
Prioritizing Requirements (12:19)
Validating Requirements (1:05)
Business Requirements Document (BRD) (16:16)
Requirements Approval
Introduction to Requirements Approval (1:26)
Gaining the Business Approval (8:09)
Gaining the Technical Approval (8:25)
Gaining Sponsor or Committee Approval (6:27)
After the Project
Conducting a Project Review (12:38)
Verifying the Completion of a Project (5:57)
Miscellaneous Other Topics
Application Environments (6:19)
Tip for Success: Own Your Conference Calls (6:27)
Tip for Success: Include a Meeting Agenda (3:02)
Tip for Success: Stop with Formal Meeting Agendas (3:32)
Bonus Section
Bonus Lecture...What's Next?
Activity: Begin to think logically - Solution and Explanation
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